Yahoo unveiled the first official Android Flickr app, as well as a new feature that will allow users of its popular photo service to quickly and easily share pictures in real time with family and friends. Within the new Android app, users can access all their own photos, as well as their albums and contacts. They can see activity streams, and photos that friends have uploaded. In...

Nokia has started shipping the N9, its first and last smartphone based on the MeeGo operating system, the company said. MeeGo is one of the operating systems Nokia decided to forsake in February when it announced plans to use Microsoft’s Windows Phone as its primary operating system for smartphones. The other operating system Nokia nixed was Symbian. Four months...

October 4 is the date set for Apple’s next media event, reports AllThingsD. New chief executive Tim Cook is expected to announce the product, iPhone 5. Steve Jobs resigned last month as he continues to battle health issue, leading to the promotion of Cook, who had been the company’s COO and Jobs’ right-hand man. Internet rumours have suggested that...

Social gaming giant Zynga confirmed its next big title –Mafia Wars 2 – the follow-up to one of the company’s first breakout hits. The sequel, which Zynga said is “coming soon,” is part of a brand that stands apart from the happy-go-lucky settings of other Zynga games like FarmVille and CityVille. In Mafia Wars, social network users play...

Evidently, in an attempt to beat Google+ Circles and stay on top of everything in the social network market, Facebook debuted Smart Lists. This is an improved friend lists with which users can customize their lists of friends, define privacy settings and filter the news feed. The unveiling came the same day the company’s representatives met with D.C. lawmakers to...

AT&T announced that it will start selling the 4G version of the Acer Iconia Tab A501 tablet on Sept. 18. AT&T described the A501 as “designed for both consumers and small businesses,” with a 1 GHz dual-core processor, the Nvidia Tegra 2. Acer Iconia Tab runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb and features a 10.1 inch display with 1280 x 800 pixels, HSPA+, Wi-Fi,...

Laptop and PC maker Acer has stepped into the Ultrabook market with the launch of the Aspire S3. This is the company’s first ever product from the Ultrabook class of laptop. Acer launched the product at the ongoing IFA 2011 show hosted in Berlin. Acer‘s version measures a mere 0.51 inches, which is thinner than the Macbook Air 13-inch at its thickest point (0.67...

Best Buy has leaked a news that iPhone 5 is going to be launched in October. It also claims that Sprint will offer Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone at launch, aligning with a recent rumor that it would become the third carrier in the U.S. to offer the iPhone. The memo suggests that pre-sales for the new iPhone could begin soon, with an “expected” launch...

Sony officially announced its long awaited Android tablet, Sony tablet S. Sony first revealed details of this on April 26 and officially launched the products Aug. 31 at the 2011 IFA conference in Berlin. The Sony Tablet S will feature a 9.4-inch touchscreen display backed by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 SoC and Android 3.1. Also included will be a front and rear-facing camera,...